The Doctor must deal with the repercussions of his decision to become human, as The Family Of Blood unveil themselves...The Doctor must deal with the repercussions of his decision to become human, as The Family Of Blood unveil themselves...The Doctor must deal with the repercussions of his decision to become human, as The Family Of Blood unveil themselves...
- Tim Latimer
- (as Thomas Sangster)
- Lucy Cartwright
- (as Lauren Wilson)
- Peasant
- (uncredited)
- Scarecrow
- (uncredited)
- Scarecow
- (uncredited)
- Director
- Writers
- Paul Cornell(uncredited)
- Sydney Newman(uncredited)
- All cast & crew
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Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaScriptwriter Paul Cornell based this serial upon his 1995 Doctor Who novel, "Human Nature", making this two-parter the first time in series history that an original Doctor Who novel was adapted for television.
- GoofsWhen the daughter looks out of the school building it's raining but when it cuts to Baines there is no rain.
- Quotes
Son of Mine: He never raised his voice. That was the worst thing... the fury of the Time Lord... and then we discovered why. Why this Doctor, who had fought with gods and demons, why he had run away from us and hidden. He was being kind... He wrapped my father in unbreakable chains forged in the heart of a dwarf star
[Shows Son of Mine's Father screaming wrapped in chains]
Son of Mine: He tricked my mother into the event horizon of a collapsing galaxy
[Shows Wife of Mine falling from the TARDIS' open doors into a bright light screaming]
Son of Mine: To be imprisoned there... forever. He still visits my sister, once a year, every year. I wonder if one day he might forgive her... but there she is. Can you see? He trapped her inside a mirror. Every mirror.
[shows a little girl peering out from a mirror]
Son of Mine: If ever you look at your reflection and see something move behind you just for a second, that's her. That's *always* her. As for me, I was suspended in time and the Doctor put me to work standing over the fields of England as their protector.
[Son of Mine suspended from a Scarecrow's crossbrace, the doctor puts a bag over his head]
Son of Mine: We wanted to live forever. So the Doctor made sure we did.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Doctor Who Confidential: Bad Blood (2007)
- SoundtracksDoctor Who Theme
(uncredited)
Written by Ron Grainer
Arranged by Murray Gold
Performed by BBC National Orchestra of Wales
The main point of this episode is, of course, the Doctor becoming a slightly idiotic human to avoid the eponymous Family of Blood, Martha's struggle to make him realise who he really is again, and the importance of the watch that the Doctor stored himself inside. I won't say any more than that for the sake of spoiling what is truly a fantastic story. Every part of it is brilliantly executed - the script, the direction, the effects, and the aftermath.
Special mentions in this episode though, go to two people. Firstly, David Tennant, whose portrayal of the ordinary man struggling to come to terms with who he might be and what he has to do with everything is fantastic. Secondly, to Harry Lloyd, who plays Jeremy Baines, the ringleader of the Family. While he is relatively unknown as an actor - his only major role to date has been as Will Scarlet in the BBC's retake of Robin Hood - I can't think of any world-famous actor who would've fitted the part better than him. His performance is absolutely astonishing, he plays the mad eyes, frightening smile, and all round scariness of his character to utter perfection. He's probably been the scariest and most believable human-looking villain since the show was resurrected, with the possible exception of Roger Lloyd-Pack's John Lumic from last year. Maybe it's in the surname.
This is, without doubt, one of the best story lines seen in Doctor Who so far. And next week's 'Blink' looks like a cracker as well. Series 3 is storming towards being the best series yet, if it isn't already.
- lemmingology
- Jun 2, 2007
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- Filming locations
- St Fagans National History Museum, St Fagans, South Glamorgan, Wales, UK(Village exteriors and dance hall)
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- Runtime45 minutes
- Color